Review of last years music video

I like this video because the effects worked really well. The acting was to a decent standed and the colours worked well together. I liked how they used the lyrics 'am i just dreaming' in the video by using a foggy sort of effect so that it looks dreamlike.

Marianne

Headphone idea

In the video we are having a person running in a hurry to the song 'take me away' and at the beggining we may have him putting in the headphones as if to listen to the song...then it will play. This coud be a possible shot.

Marianne

CLOSE UP SHOTS

These photographs are like the types of close up shots we want to achieve. Black and white looks good.


Marianne

This is one of last years music videos called 'funky y2c' This is the one we chose to post as we quite like the way it has been made, with a choreographed dance and rap which has been put in place of this video. With funky bright colours used in an urban setting. We also like the small narrative at the beginning. It matches the song well and is an enjoyable video to watch. We also like the special effects used on the colouring and the camera is steady and some good variety of shots used.

Polly

Example of Drum shot

The drum shot in this clip is a simliar shot we might decide to include. A under shot of the drums.

Polly

Lyrics

With every single step you take
The longer you will have to wait
The sigh in a silent room is a big mistake
And now I forget my name
I left it back in yesterday
I'll never see, never know what's coming round my way
What's coming round my way?

The thieves and the rebels
They know it all, they know it
Where you go I follow
Take me away to another place
Each day comes, it passes
And I walk by with my head held high
Where you go I follow
Take me away to another place, ugh!

And now I forget my name
I left it back in yesterday
I'll never see, never know what's coming round my way
What's coming round my way?

The thieves and the rebels
They know it all, they know it
Where you go I follow
Take Me Away Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com
Take me away to another place
Each day comes, it passes
And I walk by with my head held high
Where you go I follow
Take me away to another place

And now I forget my name
I left it back in yesterday
And when you breathe that loudest sigh
In a silent room, it's a big mistake

The thieves and the rebels
They know it all, they know it
Where you go I follow
Take me away to another place
Each day comes, it passes
And I walk by with my head held high
Where you go I follow
Take me away to another place

Just take me away...

Pitch for new song

"a mysterious take on a frenzied life"
'Our pitch is for 'Take me away' by the subways. This is a indie/ rock genre of song. For this song we have decided to make the music video by using a variety of different shots to make it have interesting shots such as low angle shots high shots, wide shots, using small depth of fields and large depth of fields. side shots, behind shots, we also want to try and use different effects we haven't tried before which is to attach the camera to the guitar so the audience can feel the movement of it. We are going to also crank the footage up and down at certain points of the song. our influences for the camera movements and angles are from 'Despised Icon' the arms of perdition.
The lighting of this video will be low lighting, only lit up with some studio lights. we want it so the band members faces wont be shown clearly who they actually are the movements from the cameras and the lighting.

the narrative in this video wont be much of a narrative but we will be filming a parts of the main singer running to 'take me away' (which is the main chorus, point of this song), he just keeps running till the song ends, trying to beat the song.

Props,
Microphone
guitars,
drum kits,
amps,
car,
lights,

The outfitting will be different for the main singer and the rest of the band, the main singer will be wearing a white shirt, black trousers, shoes, and the rest of the band will be wearing usual casual clothes to match genre.

Location, will be a hall, warehouse. And we will also use a long street road in cambridge to film the narrative.
We will film a small location but when film inside it will look big.

We will have the band footage in black and white or some colour change and the narrative will be colour.

Camera shots examples

this video displays great use of different camera shots and angles. incorporating this into the performance in our video is what we would like to do.

Coment from Tom

There is some really good reseach here. There is pleanty that could be develop and build into a strong music video. i have however awarded the track to a different team on this occassion. I feel that the ideas for an actual video need pulling toggether into more of a coherent pitch. You will have to pitch for anouther track. You are welcome to take as many ideas from this pitch if you would like.

The beginning of this video by artic monkeys is what image we wont to produce.

More ideas from indie type of music, from the same genre. one of are possible settings was outside so we looked at possible ideas.
Also we were looking at footage and we may consider black and white.

Style of the filming

The style of the footage would resemble these pictures in style. This would give the footage more style and would make the piece look more original. The purple-like tint to the film makes it look older and vintage. Vintage is good. Awesome

More CAMERA SHOTS

We will use wide angled shots, with close ups, and side shots, low shots, and high shots to keep it varied.

A possible idea we may use is over cranking and under cranking. This picture is good indication of the kind of shots that we could include.


The dancer in the picture is in black and white with the light flooding thorugh. This is a great effect that we would like to imitate. :) :) :) :D

The General Look Of The Performers

This is the general look that we would make the performers look like and dress. As the song is an indie song we wouldnt make the performers look too out of place in the way that they dress. We also dont want them to look like a boy band as the music is still quite rocky.

camera ideas

Here we have an idea which we might want to use if we get this song. this is were the camera is atached to the singer. we thought of this as it could be a good effect and show the viewers what it would be like in his position. this video is of a man drunk but we would attach it to the singer when he is performing. We will try find a way of attaching the camera possibly through a harness and a tripod. this we will lokk deeper into if get the song.

Another Idea for Setting

In this video, the band is in a single room which is dark yet well lit. This means that the band be seen better and become the main focus for the video.


We think we would use the idea of fluctuating between an indoor setting and outdoor setting. This would make the video more varied and interesting.

Song and First ideas PITCH

We have decided to pitch for 'Send in the boys' by Milburn as the song we would like to make a music video for. Our original ideas are as follows:

- The main focus of our video would be the band performing the song